Apple Supplier Foxconn Says Fight at Plant Spread Into Larger Unrest

By

Paul Mozur

Updated Sept. 24, 2012 6:46 a.m. ET

BEIJING—A fight at a northern Chinese factory campus owned by major Apple Inc. supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. escalated into larger-scale unrest early Monday, according to the company and local police.

A spokesman for Hon Hai's Foxconn Technology Group arm said the situation was "under control," but added that the plant would be shut for Monday. "Our decision is to take a day off for that particular plant...